A conceptual model for river water and sediment dispersal in the Santa Barbara Channel, California

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2029-2043

  Warrick, Jonathan A ^a,b   A k Mertes, Leal ^a   Washburn, Libe ^a   A Siegel, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperpycnal; River plumes; Santa Barbara Channel; Santa Clara River; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EPHEMERAL STREAM; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7444231597     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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